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This collection features audio collections reflecting music, art and culture. Collections include the unique contemporary compositions and performances found in the Other Minds collection, the hundreds of popular songs from the early 20th Century found in the 78 RPM collection and oral history projects.



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78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings
78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings
collection
510,496
ITEMS
102M
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The Great 78 Project ! Listen to this collection of 78rpm records, cylinder recordings, and other recordings from the early 20th century. These recordings were contributed to the Archive by users through the Open Source Audio collection. Also the Internet Archive has digitized many . Artists available here include Ada Jones, Caruso, Eddie Cantor, Edison Concert Band, Harry MacDonough, Len Spencer, Paul Whiteman, and many others. The Almost Complete 78 RPM Recording Dating Guide by Steven C Barr...
78rpm Records Digitized by George Blood, L.P.
78rpm Records Digitized by George Blood, L.P.
collection
424,230
ITEMS
66.4M
VIEWS
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Newest uploads! Auto-78-twitter .  Through the Great 78 Project the Internet Archive has begun to digitize 78rpm discs for preservation, research, and discovery with the help of George Blood, L.P. . 78s were mostly made from shellac, i.e., beetle resin, and were the brittle predecessors to the LP (microgroove) era.   @great78project for uploads as they happen. Turntable used for 78rpm digitization of four simultaneous recordings with different needles. Some are...
Topics: 78rpm, digitization
Source: 78
Long Playing Records
Long Playing Records
collection
154,198
ITEMS
14.9M
VIEWS
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This is a collection of digitized versions of 33 1/3 rpm vinyl long playing records (microgroove recordings).  Listenable , Downloadable , Linked-to-Spotify .
Archive of Contemporary Music
Archive of Contemporary Music
collection
222,792
ITEMS
23.8M
VIEWS
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For more information, visit The ARChive of Contemporary Music (ARC) website .  www.arcmusic.org   If you reference any of our posted books for research projects or publications, please credit the ARC and the Internet Archive.  If you have music books to donate, please contact ARC.
Boston Public Library LP Records
Boston Public Library LP Records
collection
71,708
ITEMS
10.4M
VIEWS
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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/bpl2011
Unlocked Recordings
Unlocked Recordings
collection
23,589
ITEMS
7.9M
VIEWS
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Play a rapidfire selection of 5 second samples .  Presentation about this collection. Read more on Internet Archive's blog . Works may be in the public domain already, in which case, these restrictions do not apply.  
Topics: unlocked, 108h
Boston Public Library 78rpm Collection
Boston Public Library 78rpm Collection
collection
48,787
ITEMS
13.7M
VIEWS
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The Boston Public Library (BPL) sound collection includes hundreds of thousands of audio recordings in a variety of historical formats, including wax cylinders, 78 rpms, and LPs. The recordings span many genres, including classical, pop, rock, jazz, and opera – from 78s produced in the early 1900s to LPs from the 1980s. These recordings have never been circulated and were in storage for several decades, uncataloged and inaccessible to the public. By collaborating with the Internet Archive,...
Bowling Green State University 78rpm Collection
Bowling Green State University 78rpm Collection
collection
75,410
ITEMS
3.8M
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records was generously donated to the Internet Archive by Bowling Green State University, to gain digital access to their great collection of records. The collection contains many unique recordings including jazz, children's and folk music. Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/Bowling_Green_COL_1147
Leif Druedahl Collection
Leif Druedahl Collection
collection
63,089
ITEMS
5.6M
VIEWS
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Donation of Leif Druedahl's 78'er Klubben 78's. Collected primarily in Denmark and throughout Scandinavia. 102 boxes. Includes 78's, photographic negatives, and 5 boxes of letterpress printed cardboard record sleeves. Danish, German, and English popular and classical music. Link to donation item:  https://archive.org/details/leifdruedahl2018
Vaporwave
Vaporwave
collection
45,684
ITEMS
3.3M
VIEWS
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Topics: nostalgia, chillwave, future funk, 90, 80s, electronic, post-internet
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78rpm shellac discs donated from the Batavia Public Library Thorpe Collection to the Archive of Contemporary Music and digitized by George Blood, LP for the Internet Archive. Turntable used for 78rpm digitization of four simultaneous recordings with different needles. https://archive.org/details/BTB-10202016 contains details of the physical materials.
Topics: 78rpm, thorpe, ARC, Archive of Contemporary Music
Source: 78
The Vapor Vault
The Vapor Vault
collection
39,838
ITEMS
2.3M
VIEWS
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Sick of your favourite Vaporwave labels disappearing overnight for various reasons? Worried about the kind of trouble DMT Tapes FL have been running into with Bandcamp? Vaporwave labels come and go, but The Vapor Vault is here to stay. We're actively archiving Free/NYOP releases, so you don't have to miss out. Do you know of a Vaporwave label/artist that we're not preserving? Send an email to isao2kjf@protonmail.com with the Bandcamp URL.
Topics: vaporwave, slushwave, signalwave, latenight lofi, mallsoft, dreampunk, vapor, future funk,...
101 Music Records LP Collection
collection
35,724
ITEMS
892,688
VIEWS
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Bop Street Records
Bop Street Records
collection
39,337
ITEMS
1.6M
VIEWS
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Donation of LPs and 45 rpm records from Bop Street Records in Seattle, WA accessioned in May 2020. Jira: https://webarchive.jira.com/browse/COL-700 Donation item:  https://archive.org/details/bopstreetrecords2020 78s collection:  https://archive.org/details/78rpm_bop-street-records
Topic: bop street records, seattle
Daniel McNeil Collection
Daniel McNeil Collection
collection
16,679
ITEMS
6.8M
VIEWS
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78rpm shellac discs donated from Daniel McNeil to the Archive of Contemporary Music and digitized by George Blood, LP for the Internet Archive. The collection of 22,359 ten and twelve inch seventy-eights is one of the first that ARC worked with from beginning to end, and what a pleasure. Rare for us the discs were all carefully arranged on shelves by label, and then by manufacturer number. Even better, the weeks we spent packing up meant cake and coffee everyday at 4. Here’s Mr. McNeil’s...
Source: 78
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The NFSA Excess Audio Collection includes Edisons and unique recordings from a variety of labels including Topic, Saydisc, Mace, Soprapilon, Toshiba, Albatros, Arhoolie, Folkways, Tangent, Liberty Tangent, Nonesuch, Boosey and Hawkes, Paxton, Buenas Nuevas and many more. Article about the Excess Audio Collection at the NFSA:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-26/nfsa-giving-away-some-of-its-collection/100165690 Link to the donation item: ...
Recycled Records
Recycled Records
collection
22,742
ITEMS
2.6M
VIEWS
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The digitized items in this collection were donated to Internet Archive from Recycled Records. Visit Recycled Record's website for more information. Donation items at archive.org/details/recycled_records_2017
Topics: LPs, Recycled Records
Team Dirty South
Team Dirty South
collection
8,545
ITEMS
4M
VIEWS
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Team Dirty South Recordings Shows on this Day in TDS History
Tercat 78 RPM Record Collection
collection
19,432
ITEMS
3.2M
VIEWS
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Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/Tercat78RPMRecordCollection
University of Illinois Audio Archive
University of Illinois Audio Archive
collection
13,207
ITEMS
783,844
VIEWS
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The collection contains 78s (10" and 12") , LPs, and 45's that encompass a broad selection of classical, ethnic, and popular music. Below are descriptions of some items within the collection: Classical repertoire, vernacular traditions, limited editions in boxed sets, jazz on early LP labels, and rare issues of vocal selections or operas on European labels. Classical recordings; jazz, dance, and popular music discs; movie soundtracks and original cast sound recordings. Recordings...
FM Radio Archive Collection
FM Radio Archive Collection
collection
832
ITEMS
1.3M
VIEWS
by Kim Paris
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This eclectic and continuously growing collection is dedicated to finding, preserving and publishing live & recorded music broadcasts from the last 55+ years. FM Radio Archive has 800+ recordings from FM stations around the world, with >1.2M views. Thanks to these stations, musicians, radio hosts, tapers, recordists and archivists for helping us expand our musical horizons. FM Radio Archive is your free online collection of the best recorded music broadcasts we could find. It's like...
Topic: FM Radio, music broadcast, Radio Archive, FM broadcast, airchecks, recorded concerts
Saul Nowitz
Saul Nowitz
collection
14,956
ITEMS
2.1M
VIEWS
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Donation of 78rpm records from Saul Nowitz via arcmusic Donation item at:  https://archive.org/details/saul-nowitz-records Internet tracking information:  https://webarchive.jira.com/browse/COL-614   The Saul Nowitz Collection This collection consist of 23,124 seventy-eight rpm shellac discs and 1200 sixteen-inch transcription discs, V-discs and one-of-a-kind acetates collected by Saul Nowitz (1938 -2018). From his early years Saul was a record enthusiast, sneaking...
University of Illinois 78rpm Collection
University of Illinois 78rpm Collection
collection
12,512
ITEMS
2.1M
VIEWS
collection

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The collection contains 78s (10" and 12"), LPs, and 45's that encompass a broad selection of classical, ethnic, and popular music. Below are descriptions of some items within the collection: Classical repertoire, vernacular traditions, limited editions in boxed sets, jazz on early LP labels, and rare issues of vocal selections or operas on European labels. Classical recordings; jazz, dance, and popular music discs; movie soundtracks and original cast sound recordings. Recordings...
Recycled Records LP collection
collection
12,730
ITEMS
417,976
VIEWS
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Charles Roberts 78rpm Collection
Charles Roberts 78rpm Collection
collection
8,250
ITEMS
1.5M
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records was donated by Charles Roberts. Highlights of the collection include recordings by Louis Armstrong, Larry Clinton, and Guy Lombardo. Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/CharlesRoberts78s
KUSF Collection
KUSF Collection
collection
4,594
ITEMS
2M
VIEWS
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KUSF is the University of San Francisco’s radio station in San Francisco, California. This non-commercial student-run station originally broadcast on-air from 1963-1977 as an AM station, and from 1977-2011 on the FM dial. This free-form and freewheeling college station was celebrated both nationally and internationally for its innovative music programming. In 2012 the University of San Francisco donated a large portion of the KUSF collection of 78’s and LP’s to the Internet Archive. Many...
Source: 78
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Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/sparkmuseumofelectricalinventionrecordcollection
Kurt Nauck 78rpm Collection
Kurt Nauck 78rpm Collection
collection
8,801
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
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This 78rpm record collection was donated by prolific vintage record archivist and collector, Kurt Nauck. Kurt's website: 78rpm.com Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/KurtNauck78RPMRecords03152019
Frank Defreytas Memorial Opera Collection
Frank Defreytas Memorial Opera Collection
collection
3,299
ITEMS
64,660
VIEWS
collection

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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/frankdefreytas
Yes Concerts
collection
2,484
ITEMS
586,076
VIEWS
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Collection of recordings of live concerts, by Yes
Topics: concerts, yes
Joseph and Jennifer Almeida Collection
collection
6,550
ITEMS
1.5M
VIEWS
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This 78rpm collection was made by Joseph Almeida who began collecting in the 1990s. The material is mostly popular music, i.e. band dance music and vocal music. The focus is on early electrical recordings 1925-1935 but the collection contains many acoustical recordings in the collection dating back to 1901. Mr. Almeida said, "I focused on the big three labels (Brunswick, Victor and Columbia ) but there are plenty of budget label recordings as well such as Romeo, Okeh, Vocalion,...
Source: 78
Minot State University 78rpm Collection
Minot State University 78rpm Collection
collection
7,146
ITEMS
873,234
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This collection of 78rpm records was generously donated by Minot State University in North Dakota. Description by Daniel Ringrose, Professor of History and Chair of Social Science at Minot: The country, western and pop recordings make up the largest portion of the collection, numbering more than 5,000 in all. The majority are un-played dealer stock, some still with factory inspection slips in their sleeves. Major labels such as Capitol, RCA-Victor and Columbia, but also important independent...
Jeffery Barent Donation of 78s
collection
5,820
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records was generously donated by Jeffery Barent. Highlights of the collection include albums by Beatrice Kay, Freddie Slack, and music from Alfred Hitchcock's picture Spellbound. Link to donation item:  https://archive.org/details/jeffrey_barent_2018
Bull of Heaven
Bull of Heaven
collection
492
ITEMS
1.8M
VIEWS
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Bull of Heaven is an online repository of experimental audio works. Some of the pieces here are in a nonstandard format, and will not function properly within archive.org 's audio player. In order to listen to the multi-part MP3s as intended, you must download each part completely and use a file joiner to stitch the data back together. Some files are too large and thus not yet able to be assembled on any known file system, but the individual part files are playable in some media players and...
Topic: bull of heaven
Drucilla Mills LP Records
Drucilla Mills LP Records
collection
1,436
ITEMS
4,967
VIEWS
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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/Drucilla_Mills_COL_1419
Santa Cruz Record
Santa Cruz Record
collection
7,035
ITEMS
49,058
VIEWS
collection

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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/Santa_Cruz_Recordings
Geoffrey A. Wheeler 78rpm Collection
collection
4,825
ITEMS
466,105
VIEWS
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The Geoffrey A. Wheeler Collection is an archive that represents a lifelong pursuit of recordings of jazz music and a love of jazz history. We are delighted to share his collection so others can enjoy and learn from his life’s work of researching and collecting jazz recordings.   Geoffrey Wheeler was born in 1936 and passed away in 2020. He grew up in Newton, Massachusetts and graduated from UCLA. He spent his career in writing, editing, and publishing, but the major love of his life...
Alex Saify 78rpm Collection
collection
5,254
ITEMS
690,420
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records was generously donated to the Internet Archive by Alex Saify. Highlights of the collection include recordings by Bing Crosby, Ray Bloch, Les Brown and Al Jolson. Donor Alex Saify rescued these records from a local record store in Virginia that was downsizing and kept them for a few years in the hopes of digitizing them, but simply ran out of time. Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/alexsaify78s
David Chomowicz and Esther Ready Collection
David Chomowicz and Esther Ready Collection
collection
3,061
ITEMS
1.1M
VIEWS
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This is a unique group of more than 4000 LPs and 78rpm discs, the vast majority pressed in Latin America or the Caribbean. Of special interest are the hundreds of Cuban recordings and more than a thousand Tango discs from Argentina. Of note is the pristine condition of most of the recordings and the many hand-decorated covers that the donor made for 78rpm discs that were originally issued in generic corporate sleeves. Mr. Chomowicz, who inherited the recordings from a collector friend, and out...
Source: 78
Lemonade Tunes
Lemonade Tunes
collection
312
ITEMS
332,456
VIEWS
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a collection of hard to find/unreleased music
Topics: music, rare, entertainment
The Myspace Archive Project
The Myspace Archive Project
collection
1,391
ITEMS
308,518
VIEWS
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This is a collection of music from unsigned artists who utilized Myspace and/or Pure Volume as their main platform. A majority of the music found here is Metal, Emo, Punk or Alternative. MISSION STATEMENT: In 2018, MySpace lost over a decade's worth of music uploaded by unsigned bands and solo artists. This loss was blamed on corrupted data during a server transfer gone awry, and it is theorized this may have been intentional so as to free up server space and cut costs to keep the website...
Topics: Myspace, Myspace Music, TheMyspaceArchiveProject, Deathcore, Emo, Metalcore, Hardcore, Pop Punk,...
Polish Polka's Collection
Polish Polka's Collection
collection
1,144
ITEMS
147,338
VIEWS
collection

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UC Santa Barbara David Seubert 2020
UC Santa Barbara David Seubert 2020
collection
3,282
ITEMS
30,877
VIEWS
collection

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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/UCSBSeubert2020
NYCTaper
NYCTaper
collection
479
ITEMS
1M
VIEWS
collection

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Custis Family 78rpm Collection
collection
6,973
ITEMS
85,559
VIEWS
collection

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Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/Custis_COL_2375
Aldo Mancusi 78rpm Collection
Aldo Mancusi 78rpm Collection
collection
3,165
ITEMS
361,466
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records was purchased by Brewster Kahle for the Internet Archive Great 78s Project, from collector Aldo Mancusi at the Enrico Caruso Museum. The collection includes Edison Diamond Discs and wax cylinders. Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/AldoMancusi78s
Clark Johnsen 78rpm Collection
Clark Johnsen 78rpm Collection
collection
3,170
ITEMS
458,792
VIEWS
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About the donor and collection: Clark Johnsen (né Roger Clark Johnsen) started working with audio equipment and listening to classical music in high school. His love of classical music grew over the decades as did his interest in accurate sound reproduction. His degree in Applied Mathematics (Harvard College ’63) helped him understand the technical aspects of sound propagation. He started building his own audio equipment in high school. He delved into various aspects of sound reproduction...
Thomas Kemp 78rpm Collection
Thomas Kemp 78rpm Collection
collection
4,651
ITEMS
319,023
VIEWS
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The Thomas Kemp Collection is a collection of 78rpm records generously donated by Thomas H. Kemp. Mr. Kemp has been collecting many forms of music and their players in Washington DC over the past 50 years. This collection includes several boxes of 78rpm records as well as 80rpm Edison records. Tom's collection contains many rare examples of early acoustic recordings pressed on 78rpm shellac records. It even includes records recorded in other languages that would have been difficult to find in...
Stires 78 RPM Record Collection
collection
3,194
ITEMS
640,889
VIEWS
collection

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Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/Stires2018
Joe Schmidt 78rpm Collection
Joe Schmidt 78rpm Collection
collection
3,408
ITEMS
303,505
VIEWS
collection

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This collection of 78rpm records was generously donated to the Internet Archive by collector Joe Schmidt. The collection contains many US-issued "ethnic" records from 1910s - 1930s, 1910s ragtime, 1920s-30s jazz and dance. Description by Joe Schmidt: This is not a formal collection on a specific theme but simply recordings that interested me and that I was fortunate enough to find. Most of these records were "junked" -- found at flea markets, barn sales, and the like back...
WOOC 105.3 FM
WOOC 105.3 FM
collection
7,830
ITEMS
220,305
VIEWS
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Welcome to our radio station, WOOC 105.3 FM, broadcasting from studios at 
 The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY! Expect radio programs that provides sanctuary for the discussion of a wide range of ideas, to advance our mission of using art and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of expression. Check out Hudson Mohawk Magazine , our hyper-local community radio show, for comprehensive look at the issues and events that impact New York's...
Audio Preservation Fund 78rpm Collection
collection
2,955
ITEMS
364,457
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records was generously donated to the Internet Archive by the Audio Preservation Fund. Highlights of the collection include recordings by Bing Crosby, Edward R. Murrow, and sound effect records. For more information about the history of the Audio Preservation Fund, you can check out Wayback Machine captures of their website here . Donation item:  https://archive.org/details/AudioPreservationFund-06032019
Emilio's Unforgotten Music
Emilio's Unforgotten Music
collection
620
ITEMS
179,434
VIEWS
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Here you find sound files from historical recordings which, in my opinion, should be preserved for later listeners. You also find examples for musical genres and recordings related to cultural or politcal history on vinyl. The sources are everything but original 78 rpm shellack recordings. (These can be found in my other collections  https://archive.org/details/emilios78heritage      and https://archive.org/details/emilios78popular  ).  The...
Ultra Japanese Sound Collection
Ultra Japanese Sound Collection
collection
210
ITEMS
94,350
VIEWS
collection

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This collection is for archiving Japanese music, soundtracks, and Drama CDs for easy use in a high-quality, lossless format. This includes out-of-print albums and doujin music, which would otherwise be completely unobtainable.
Topics: Anime, アニメ, Visual Novel, ビジュアルノベル, Doujin, 同人, Music, Music Album, Anime...
Calvert L. Crawford Sr. 78rpm Collection
Calvert L. Crawford Sr. 78rpm Collection
collection
2,654
ITEMS
182,814
VIEWS
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78rpm records generously donated to the Internet Archive from the Calvert L. Crawford Sr. Collection. He began collecting 78 rpm records after his retirement in the 1980s, and collected up to his death in 2018. He purchased the records at yard sales, thrift stores, and specialty record stores in the greater Sacramento, CA area. The collection spans approximately 40 years of popular music from the 1910s to the 1950s. Calvert Crawford’s major focus was on swing music and popular music from the...
The Racertrash Vaporwave Video Archive
The Racertrash Vaporwave Video Archive
collection
78
ITEMS
21,653
VIEWS
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Videos from the Racertrash Editing and Remix Collective
Arthur Friedheim Library 78rpm Collection
Arthur Friedheim Library 78rpm Collection
collection
2,441
ITEMS
320,661
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records was generously donated to the Internet Archive by The Arthur Friedheim Library at the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University. These jazz-focused records were evaluated by a librarian and determined to be somewhat rare, likely held by less than 5 libraries worldwide. Further provenance information can be found on the donation item:  https://archive.org/details/arthurfriedheim2018
Edison Recordings
Edison Recordings
collection
5,632
ITEMS
47,414
VIEWS
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Edison Recordings, many of with contributed by University of California Santa Barbara, but also many other collections. Edison Records was one of the early record labels that pioneered sound recording and reproduction, and was an important player in the early recording industry.   The first phonograph cylinders were manufactured in 1888, followed by Edison's foundation of the Edison Phonograph Company in the same year. The recorded wax cylinders, later replaced by Blue Amberol...
Topics: cylinder recordings, edison
FM Radio Archive Collection
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"The Boss" Bruce Springsteen sits in with "The Burner" Mary Turner on the 4th of July 1978, between concerts in California. Broadcast on KMET 94.7 FM in Los Angeles, this radio show highlights Springsteen's history and his latest album, Darkness on the Edge of Town . The cover art includes a photo of the Sunset Strip billboard that Springsteen band members tagged with "Prove it All Night" and "E Street". Read about it here:...
Topics: Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band, Darkness on the Edge of Town, KMET, on-air interview, FM...
Phil’s Vinyl Addiction
Phil’s Vinyl Addiction
collection
243
ITEMS
186,915
VIEWS
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This is a thoughtfully curated collection of downloadable recordings of outstanding or interesting vinyl records or LPs ranging across a variety of genres, particularly rock, jazz, blues, folk, and “world music,” and dating mostly before 1972. These are pre-1972 works, orphan works, or public domain works that have been carefully cleaned up (Clickrepair, gain, tracks, fades, tags) and presented freely for educational and cultural purposes (with no commercial advantage).  I have...
Topics: downloadable albums, music, vinyl records
Charles Burn LP Records
Charles Burn LP Records
collection
1,735
ITEMS
30,239
VIEWS
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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/charles_burn_lps
Tina Argumedo and Lucrecia Hug 78rpm Collection
Tina Argumedo and Lucrecia Hug 78rpm Collection
collection
968
ITEMS
462,121
VIEWS
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The Tina Argumedo and Lucrecia Hug Collection of 78s contains discs collected in Argentina beginning in the mid-1930s. It comprises primarily tango music, with boleros, sambas, mambo and other dance music. The collection was donated by D'Anna Alexander, Michael and Daniel Alexander, and Débora Simcovich. D'Anna Alexander (center) with her mother (right) and grandmother (left). https://archive.org/details/d_anna_2017  Contains details of the physical collection.
Topic: 78rpm, argentina, argentian tango
Source: 78
Seldon Family Collection
Seldon Family Collection
collection
905
ITEMS
496,070
VIEWS
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Growing up in the 1930's and 40's in New York City, how could Walter Seldon not be a Jazz lover? It was the soundtrack of the city, from Blues to Bebop and beyond. In clubs, at concerts, and on the radio, he listened...and he collected as much of that great music as he could. Though he'd missed the Dixieland Golden Age of 1920's Harlem, it was one of his favorite genres. One of his fondest memories was from 1947 when he attended a recording session of Duke Ellington and his band, then caught a...
Source: 78
Eugene (Gene) Baron Donation of 78s'
collection
755
ITEMS
245,942
VIEWS
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Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/eugene_baron_2018
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Songs, albums, mixtapes, etc... From the Spanish-speaking / Hispanic Hip-Hop scene. In this archive, you will also find works pertaining to minority languages spoken throughout the Spanish-speaking / Hispanic world. Reggaeton artists will be considered for the archive, since many of them also do Hip-Hop and their main genre is a derivated from this one. Artists from other genres very influenced by Hip - Hop ( like Modern R&B ) will be also taken into account. Chicano and other similar...
Topics: Rap, Hip - Hop, Mixtapes, Music, Spanish Music, Latin Music, Spain, Latin America, Equatorial...
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Settatbladi.org housed a rich collection of songs, photos, and publications on Aita and other folk song from Morocco since 2007. We are pleased to move our collection to the Internet Archive for a greater visibility and eternal preservation. All material in this collection is owned by the creators and is strictly non-commercial, both for access here and for any further distribution.
Topics: settatbladi, chant populaire, malhoun, théâtre populaire, morocco, maroc
Satyr LP Jazz
Satyr LP Jazz
collection
143
ITEMS
62,449
VIEWS
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A collection of Jazz LP's, mainly transfers of 78rpm records. With most LP's I applied filtering and equalizing to improve the sound.
Topics: music, vinyl, Jazz
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The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM) was established on 1 April 2004, supported by a 5-year grant of just under £1m from the Arts and Humanities Research Council . A partnership of Royal Holloway, University of London (host institution) with King's College, London and the University of Sheffield , CHARM's aim was to promote the musicological study of recordings, drawing on a wide range of approaches ranging from computational analysis to business...
Rockaway Records LPs
Rockaway Records LPs
collection
1,155
ITEMS
8,353
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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/Rockaway_Records_COL_1845
Larry Edelman Collection
Larry Edelman Collection
collection
1,354
ITEMS
424,878
VIEWS
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This collection of 78rpm records and square dance call sheets was generously donated to the Internet Archive by collector Larry Edelman. This collection is comprised mostly of Square Dance calling and music, and couples dancing music. Donation item:  archive.org/details/LarryEdelman78RPMRecords2017
Source: 78
Emma Essex Discography
Emma Essex Discography
collection
299
ITEMS
34,136
VIEWS
by Emma Essex
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The complete discography of VULPvibe Records, Lapfox Trax, Halley Labs, and independent releases from Emma Essex. All works are uploaded in the highest available quality. NOTE 1: Works that are currently on halleylabs.com for money are less likely to appear here, especially if they are a recent release, as they are hot for purchase. Please support the artist! NOTE 2: This collection only contains  "releases"  from Emma Essex. This includes all web releases catalogued...
Topics: halley labs, lapfox, lapfox trax, vulpvibe, vulpvibe records, renard queenston, emma essex
Markgrove College Library LP Records
Markgrove College Library LP Records
collection
579
ITEMS
11,786
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Donation page: https://archive.org/details/MarygroveCollegeLibrary-11012019
Emilio's 78 Heritage
Emilio's 78 Heritage
collection
2,757
ITEMS
502,177
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Thank you for visiting my "museum"! This is the Internet Collection of a private German record collector with interests mainly in Opera and Lied from 1900 to 1945. Meanwhile you can find also other collections with popular 78s, mixed historical recordings, printed matter about music and historical photos put together by me. This collection is curated and still growing. I try to document the items meticolousely in the knowledge that they will hopefully be preserved for further...
Topics: 78 rpm recordings, shellack recordings
Stagno 78rpm Collection
collection
962
ITEMS
293,153
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Link to donation item: https://archive.org/details/Stagno2018
Live Recordings From Paladinos
Live Recordings From Paladinos
collection
1,535
ITEMS
35,368
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The “World Famous Paladino’s” was a Live Music Venue in Tarzana CA (NW portion of the city of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley) from the 90’s through June 2018 playing everything from original music, tribute bands and even secret shows by the Foo Fighters. This collection is the RAW, live, multi-track, recordings direct off the soundboard for the period from 2012 until the club closed in June 2018.
Topics: Live Concert at Paladinos, Live Concert, Music